Kyle Drennen is the Media Research Center's Senior News Analyst and a
Contributing Editor to NewsBusters. He is the co-author of the 2014 Media Reality Check study, TV News Blacks Out This Year’s Bad Election News for Democrats.
His media analysis has been routinely cited by nationally syndicated
radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin, as well as on Fox News and The Wall Street Journal’s
WSJ.com website. He joined the MRC in 2007 after graduating from
Providence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and
political science.
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Author Articles
10/18/2012 9:22 AM ET
On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer played the part of
Obama campaign stooge when he promoted the President deflecting Libya
criticism by slamming Mitt Romney: "...[He] firmly and ...
10/17/2012 12:42 PM ET
Displaying a stunning double standard on Wednesday's NBC Today,
co-host Savannah Guthrie gave Vice President Joe Biden plenty of room
to applaud President Obama's debate performance, while ...
10/16/2012 5:17 PM ET
In a fawning softball interview with First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday's NBC Today, special correspondent Ryan Seacrest was eager to know how she helps the President during debates: "What
did ...
10/16/2012 2:50 PM ET
On Tuesday's NBC Today, during a panel discussion previewing
the second presidential debate, co-host Matt Lauer mandated that Mitt
Romney answer charges that he's moderated his positions: "How ...
10/16/2012 12:28 PM ET
In a pathetic attempt to smear Republican vice presidential candidate
Paul Ryan ahead of Tuesday's second presidential debate, NBC's Today seized on a story in Monday's Washington Post
...
10/16/2012 9:02 AM ET
In a fawning interview with liberal comedian Stephen Colbert on Sunday's
Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory praised the Colbert Report host
and Daily Show host Jon Stewart: "Why do you ...
10/15/2012 3:20 PM ET
On Monday's NBC Today, political director Chuck Todd analyzed
the state of the presidential race following a series of new national
polls showing a slight Romney lead: "Well, look, the first ...
10/15/2012 10:26 AM ET
In an obituary for former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on Sunday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Kelly O'Donnell summarized his shift in political allegiance this way: "Specter's
views, ...
10/12/2012 3:19 PM ET
Adopting Obama campaign talking points that Mitt Romney has dramatically shifted positions, on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked Donald Trump: "Are
you happy with the Romney campaign ...
10/12/2012 11:22 AM ET
While admitting at the top of Friday's NBC Today that there was
"no clear winner" in Thursday's vice presidential debate, minutes
later, co-hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie brought on ...
10/11/2012 5:25 PM ET
At the top of Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams recited Obama campaign talking points as he proclaimed: "What Mitt Romney said about abortion that sure sounds like a change." ...
10/11/2012 2:13 PM ET
While the ABC and CBS morning shows on Thursday focused on a tightening
presidential race following Mitt Romney's winning performance in the
first debate, on NBC's Today, political director ...
10/10/2012 3:40 PM ET
On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer cited left-wing Daily Beast columnist Andrew Sullivan
ripping apart President Obama's bad debate performance: "I've never
seen a candidate this ...
10/10/2012 12:25 PM ET
After promoting the Obama campaign's Bird Bird ad on Tuesday's NBC Today, not to mention it being played repeatedly on MSNBC, in an interview with campaign advisor Robert Gibbs on Wednesday's ...
10/9/2012 3:46 PM ET
Appearing on Tuesday's MSNBC Morning Joe, NBC political
director and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd discounted a new
satirical ad from the Obama campaign mocking Mitt Romney for ...
10/8/2012 4:45 PM ET
In Caracas reporting on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez winning an
"unprecedented third term" for Monday's NBC Today, reporter Kerry
Sanders seemed to be swept up in the excitement: "For ...
10/8/2012 2:36 PM ET
During the Week in Buzz segment on Sunday's NBC Today,
Ericka Souter, editor of the celebrity gossip blog The Stir, trashed
Mitt Romney for announcing plans to cut federal funding of PBS, ...
10/5/2012 2:30 PM ET
In a display of just how badly President Obama performed in Wednesday's presidential debate, Friday's NBC Today played a clip of Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripping into Obama: "There
is no red ...
10/5/2012 11:27 AM ET
Appearing on Friday's NBC Today, left-wing MSNBC host Ed Schultz desperately tried to explain away President Obama's bad debate performance: "I
think that there were so many lies coming across ...
10/4/2012 5:01 PM ET
On Thursday's NBC Today, in an attempt to deflect from Mitt
Romney's strong debate performance, fill-in co-host David Gregory
grilled Romney advisor Ed Gillespie on the Governor's tax plan: ...